Posted on 07/31/2009 4:01:35 PM PDT by shoptalk
This picture truly is worth at least a thousand words:
I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing.
Sergeant Crowley, the sole class act in this trio, helps the handicapped Professor Gates down the stairs, while Barack Obama, heedless of the infirmities of his friend and fellow victim of self-defined racial profiling, strides ahead on his own. So who is compassionate? And who is so self-involved and arrogant that he is oblivious?
In my own dealings with the wealthy and powerful, I have always found that the way to quickly capture the moral essence of a person is to watch how they treat those who are less powerful. Do they understand that the others are also human beings with feelings? Especially when they think nobody is looking.
I think this photo constitutes another major Obama blunder.
As some American Thinker commentators point out, this picture becomes a metaphor for ObamaCare. The elderly are left in the back, with only the kindness of the Crowleys of the world, the stand up guys, to depend on. The government has other priorities.
One of the major subtexts of the health care debate involves the public's fear of indifferent, powerful bureaucrats ruling their lives. It is one thing to wait in line at the DMV to find out which other line you should wait in, in order to begin the process of waiting for multiple bureaucrats to go through the motions of processing your request. I have spent entire afternoons going through this process.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Perhaps this is how Obama defines “leader”....?
He’s also the only one not wearing a jacket...
You never would have seen Bush do this.....
Well Obama > Mohammed > Jesus right? I mean why would such a magnificent man, the greatest of all men to walk the planet, the Alpha and the Omega, the bearer of fairness and wisdom stoop to helping a poor serf down some concrete steps. He has more lofty things on his mind, like well everything else. he has appointed an astronomy czar to make sure the Sun is renamed The Sphere of Obama, giver of warmth and light. I think I saw a statue of Black woman holding two young girls one in each arm, eerily like The Virgin...hmmmm coincidence?
Wonder if they'll remove this photo - I don't think it's helpful to their man.
Gates is probably going to claim police brutality and claim Crowley twisted his arm.
Obama is simply an asshat.
This must be photoshopped...Crowley is a racist, don’cha know.
LOL! He pinched me!
Obama saw cameras pointed at him and his first instinct is to perform for them like a trained seal.
Obama saw cameras pointed at him and his first instinct is to perform for them like a trained seal.
"Ya know I'm BAD, I'm BAD..."
interesting-thanks
And the blind narcissism seems to extend to his handlers, as well. No other way to explain why they would post this on the official web site.
It's not the first time they've done it, either. How about that photo of Obama leaning back in his chair in the oval office, with his feet on the historic desk, as he phones the Prime Minister of Israel and symbolically shows him the soles of his shoes? That was also an official photo, displayed on the White House web site.
Almost every photo I can recall of GWB with an elderly or disabled person has HIM giving aid or an arm. I’ll never forget Nancy Reagan clinging to GWBs arms as he walked her to a podium.
Ah ha! Crowley is trying to push Gates down the steps and the picture proves it.
-12 has aged 2 years in 6 months.
Only 0 or Mclame could make so many wish we could have a POTUS like GWB.
Yeah I remember when George Bush back in da day let Gerald Ford lean on him in his last visit to Ford Palm Springs residence
Bush has more class than Obama
How about during funeral both Dick Cheney and Bush went to Betty Ford side during funeral of Gerald Ford I remember that
Remember Dick Cheney work under Gerald Ford probably George W Bush knew Ford as teenager when his father was head of CIA
Class matters
Someone should do a crude photoshopping. Put Lil Beri Beri’s head on Crowley’s body, and Crowley’s on Beri Beri’s bod!
I believe the WH sees it differently. BO intervention worked - Crowley came to his senses, feels guilty and helps - instead of hindering - Gates. BO is so great - it only took one beer to have the two holding hands. How’s that for spin.
Or that he was teachable.
He is not aging fast enough, his persona is still that of a 10 year old.
I am STUNNED and OUTRAGED at this picture. I simply cannot believe what I am seeing. As a person who assists my mobility impaired mother, I simply cannot comprehend that calloused arrogance of this man.
I thought a moment about whether or not I want to say the following, but I do want to say it, and so I will.
God Bless Officer Crowley and Professor Gates.
God Damn Barack Obama.
I am on my cell right now; otherwise I would post the pic of Bush helping frail Byrd.
Class vs. arrogant smuck
For a nanosecond, I was tempted to distrust my own lyin' eyes.
Hehehe
I am assuming that is a watch on Zero’s left arm. Wonder what happened to the bracelet he wore during the campaign with the name of the fallen soldier on it.
If he had been wearing that in this picture I would have to reevaluate my opinion of the AH now I don’t have to.
Obama’s mama is more of man than Obama is...
An absolute class act despite some of his un-Conservative actions. I'll take GWB to BHO ANYDAY!
The pic of the Sgt. and the Prof. warms my heart for some reason, if for no other reason than the fact that BHO shows is true colors.
Pardon my language, but our President is an asshole.
Great memory, PBR!
To me it looks more like Sgt. Crowley has just arrested Mr. Gates again. :)
Gates is Obama’s friend, he should have known he might need an assist. Secondly, Gates had a cane. What clues does Obama need to jump in and take action?
For all the problems I have had with some of the decisions that George W. Bush made, he is a good man, good in his heart, and good in his soul.
Your right - too funny!
Obama is simply an asshat.
Truly!
Obama is the best thing that could happen to salvage GWB’s reputation.
"Protect and Serve" vs. "Be Protected and Be Served"
Thanks for the picture of President Bush. It’s a great and timely reminder of a man who put humanity above politics and stature.
I didn’t care much for my ex-girlfriend, but I would gladly help her in anything she needed and give her comfort or shelter if she needed it.
The fact that ObeyMe refers to this man as a friend, yet the “evil white man” helps him at the White House is a testament to the absolute callous this Imposter-In-Chief has for humanity.
Liberalism is the Science of Arrogance.
For those not familiar with the story — the cracker in the picture is the one with compassion and manners.
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